To: robertpaulsen
The Militia, as referenced in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 16), described in the Militia Act if 1792, and protected by the second amendment, no longer exists. The National Guard of each state now describes and fulfills that role. The Dick Act of 1903 started a gradual process that, after the National Defense Act of 1933, resulted in the National Guard being a reserve component of the Regular Army. Their pay and equiptment comes from the feds. They are on loan to the States unless the feds want them, but they are a federal force
69 posted on
01/26/2007 12:33:01 PM PST by
SauronOfMordor
(Never try to teach a pig to sing -- it wastes your time and it annoys the pig)
To: SauronOfMordor; Joe Brower
The Dick Act of 1903 started a gradual process that, after the National Defense Act of 1933, resulted in the National Guard being a reserve component of the Regular Army.
Shhhhh...The good Doctor >spit<, Clifford M. Herman, is trying to start his very own myth and you're debunking it before it's even out of the gate.
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